Gardeners' Notes:

It has proven very drought hardy living through the Texas drought of 5.5" of rain in 2011. It was planted on a steep grade in Central Texas under a Mountain Ashe Cedar < so it can deal with that environment. It loves the alkaline soil, heat, 12 degree cold , and it blooms so beautifully and drapes over a rock edge nicely too. My only sadness is that after 5 years in the ground, the deer have caught on that it is very tasty and told all their friends. I fear that I will never see it bloom again.

If this plant was a little hardier I would give it a 'positive', but even in my Z9b garden in Cornwall it can get damaged by -6C or below, although it usually recovers quickly.
It is definitely the most attractive of the Mexican sedums which are hardy enough to grow in Britain. It looks like a miniature sprawling Aeonium.
In semi shade it is a beautiful soft green, but in sunshine it goes soft pink. Pot-bound, neglected plants get bare stems as the leaves fall off,but planted out and given a little water, the stems soon produce dozens of side shoots and it becomes a mass of foliage.
I plant mine so they are protected to the North by a hardy plant (e.g. Yucca) during the winter.

A hybrid of this plant called 'Green Rose' is larger and almost as h... read moreardy.